- instance, the
diphthongs /ei ou/
monophthongized to /eː oː/
around the 5th
century BC, and the
diphthong /ai/
monophthongized to /eː/ in the
Koine Gr**** period...
- A
monophthong (/ˈmɒnəfθɒŋ, ˈmɒnəp-/ MON-əf-thong, MON-əp-) is a pure
vowel sound, or one
whose articulation at
beginning and end is
relatively fixed,...
-
centering diphthongs: [eə̯], [øə̯], and [oə̯] or are
lengthened and
monophthongized to [ɪː], [øː], and [ʊː] The
dialect of
Hamont (in Limburg) has five...
- many
speakers had an /ɛː/
monophthong in pain
distinct from an /æː/
monophthong in pane. /ɑw/, as in cause,
became monophthongized to /ɒː/,
later raising...
-
traits of
later Koine phonology. By the 4th
century BC,
Boeotian had
monophthongized most diphthongs, and
featured a
fricative γ. In
contrast with Ionic-Attic...
-
vocalic diphthongs: *ai, *au and *ei. In Proto-Slavic,
these were
monophthongized as follows, with the
subscript indicating whether the
vowels trigger...
- A
little later, the
diphthong /yi/ when not
before another vowel monophthongized and
merged with long /yː/. In
Koine Gr****, the
diphthong /oi/ changed...
-
whose quality does not
change throughout the
vowel is
called a
monophthong.
Monophthongs are
sometimes called "pure" or "stable" vowels. A
vowel sound...
- is
typically monophthongized to [e], e.g. sei /ˈsej/ < [ˈse]. In
vernacular varieties, the
diphthong /ow/ is
typically monophthongized to [o], e.g. sou...
-
native speakers. It uses the
Latin writing system. The
language features monophthong, diphthong, and
triphthong vowels.
Waris is
spoken by
about 2,500 people...
